Ken Paxton spent a week attacking Drag Race star Alyssa Edwards to score points against James Talarico. She answered with an open letter and one line: Texas is big enough for all of us. Today on Listen Up Girl, Zach Randles-Friedman breaks down the exchange and what it says about the Texas Senate race.

Also today: FCC Chair Brendan Carr fires back at 68 House Democrats over TV warning labels for trans and nonbinary themes, citing a Muppet Babies episode where Gonzo dresses as a princess. Colombia withdraws from the Equal Rights Coalition it was co-chairing with Spain. A transgender man in Tokyo sues to be recognized as the legal father of his genetic child. Last Ditch, the lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, goes from a local mask fight to a national story. Charlottesville radio host Fievel Crane quits live on air. And the 43rd annual Folsom Street Fair takes over San Francisco's South of Market.

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